Clothes-line support.



, PATENTED MAR. 20, 190

- J. H. HARTLEY. GLOTHES LINE SUPPORT-, APPLIOATION FILED JULY 18, 1906.

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-UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN HATCH HARTLEY, '01 WHITEOAK, rssounr. CLOTHES-LINE ,suPPo n To aZZ whom it mwy con'oern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HATCH HART- LEY, a'citizen of the United States, residin' at Whiteoak, in the county of Dunklin and State of Missouri, have invented certain new rovements in Olothe's- Line do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to My invention relates to clothes-line appa ratus; and its object is to provide an endless line having suitable supports therefor, one of which can be adjustedto take up any slack in the line.

the invention consists poles, one of WhlGll 1s moved; and Fig.

' Another object is to providea line-operating wheel having means. whereby the line is prevented from overlapping upon the wheel" durlng the operation of rotating said wheel.

With the above "and other objects in view j of suitably-disposed provided with an adjustable pulley disposed below a fixed pulley, and these two pulleys are adapted to support an endless line, whichmay be of wire or fiber and whichiis wrapped once around an operating-wheel j ournaled in the other pole. guide-strip is interposed between the upper and lower portions of the line close to the op-' crating-wheel, so as to prevent the line from overla ping uponsaid. wheel during the rotation t ereof. 1

The invention also consists in further novel construction and combination of parts heredescribed and claimed.

shown the referred orm of .my invention.

In said rawings, Figure 1is aperspective view of the apparatus. I Fig. 2 is a front eleadjacent thereto, the guide-strip being re- 3 is .a transverse section through the, adjustable pulley and its post.

the same being preferably provide Referring to the figures bynumerals'of reference, 1 is the main post of the ap aratus, with a large aperture 2, through which extends the shaft .3, having a grooved wheel 4, keyed or otherwise secured to it andlocated within the Y 1 Specifieat ion of Letters Patent.

. Application filed July 18,1905. SerialNo. 270,208.

vationof the operating-wheel and the parts.

'nected by a tance from 'be moved longitudinally,

-wheel rotata Patented-March 20, 1906.

aperture 2. This shaft. and wheel are adapted to be rotated by-means ed to one end of the 'shaft. Arms 6 extend from the ends of the aperture 2 and are cong'uide-strip 7, which is disposed directly in front of the groove in the wheel 4. Another post 8 is located any suitable disthe post 1 and has a strap 9fastened thereto, near its upper end and provided with the grooved pulley 10. Another strap 11 surrounds the post 8 and has a pul-' This last-mentioned ley 12.j0urnaled to it. strap, however, is permanently connected to thepost, but is adapted to be fastened at any desired point thereto by means of a pin 13,

which may be placed within any oneof a series ofapertures 14 formed in the post.

An endless line 15, formed ofwire or fibrous material, is mounted upon the pulleys l0 and 12 and is wrapped once around the wheel 4.. The'strip 7 extends between the upper and lower portions ofthe and wheel 4 from overlapping during the operation of rotating said wheel. By adjusting thepulley I2 downward the line can be tightened. By fastening clothes to one portion ofthe line close to the wheel 4 and then rotating said wheel in one direction the line can so as to carry the clothestherewith, and this operation can be continued until the entire upper or lower por tion of the line is filled with clothes. i

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of not limit'rnyself thereto, as I-am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention. 1 4

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i's

-;In a clothes-line apparatus the combination with a post having fixed and adjustable pulleys connected thereto, one above the other; of an apetured main post, a grooved of .a crank 5 connectline, as shown in Fig. 1', serves to'prevent the coils upon the my invention; but I do mounted within the a erture, arms extending from the post, aguldestrip connecting the arms and in front of and name to this specification in the presence of alining with the operating-Whee1;and an endtwo subscribing Witnesses.

less line mounted upon the pulleys and Wound 7 upon the Wheel, the opposite portions of the JOHN HATCH HARTLEX' 5 line being disposed at opposite sides of the Witnesses:

guide-strip. I J. W. DAVIS,

In testimony whereof I have signed my JOHN L. MCALISTER. 

